Irving Berlin’s patriotic belief in his adopted country would seem to be an affectionate constant in his career, but as the crisis of the depression deepened, even Berlin could see the box office ...

Satire is supposed to prick people's consciences and challenge the powerful - but is that possible in a society where no-one can agree the basis of right and wrong, asks Will Self. In the wake of the ...

Robert Phiddian received funding from the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions to support work towards the recently published Satire and the Public Emotions (Cambridge 2020). For a ...

Dina Rezk from the University of Reading looks at politics and the role of humour as she profiles Bassem Youssef, 'the Jon Stewart of Egyptian satire'. Show more Dina Rezk from the University of ...